Thomas Burke

Thomas Burke (1920-) was an Irish mobster who was in charge of a major crime syndicate in New Orleans, Louisiana during the 1960s.

Biography
Thomas Burke was born in Ireland in 1920, and his family fled to the United States due to his father's involvement with the Irish Republican Army during the Irish Civil War. Burke was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and he illegally ran booze to make a profit; the American Mafia boss Sal Marcano took Burke under his wing. However, the loss of a shipment in 1966 led to Marcano and Burke falling out, and Roman Barbieri was appointed to take Pointe Verdun from Burke's control. Burke allied with Lincoln Clay, Vito Scaletta, and the Haitian mafia, and he would become one of Clay's partners in ruling the city after the destruction of the Marcano crime family.